how can i get the 5gig left in bios?

[aki]

hey
I got the cds and want to delete the hidden patition. now i have activated the hidden part but i can't see i in windows. where can i find it or do I have to install "partition magic" to find out?

cheers

[jimmykwh]

Hi aki,

I also faced that problem before. if you are using WinXP then go to the command prompt and issue "diskpart" command. after that issue "list volume", and I think you will see the 5 gig hidden volume. After that issue "delete volume ?" which you have to subsitute the "?" with the volume number you saw when you issue "list volume".

I think you already solve the problem when you reading this sentence.. congratulations!!! cheers!!!

[aki]

haven't solved the prob yet but i will check that with you info


cheers

[nikemen]

I tried this on mine,

just saw the C volume with 34 of 40 available.
thouights?

[aki]

means that u have total 40gig and used 34, hidden part shuld be 6gb..

btw why is my disk only 37gb ? 34.5gb + 2.7gb (hidden)

[jimmykwh]

i wanted to know what model you are using now. but it should be 5gigs hidden and not less or more than that. another thing is what operating system you r using now?

[aki]

i have a R40(1152) with centrino 1.3ghz and i have winXP. but maybe this is normal, like my 120gb IBM disk but only display 113gb.

[SeanM]

If you can at all live with the service partition, leave it alone. . it houses your recovery and diagnostics. If you have a problem down the road and have to call for support, not having the diagnostics available may make things more difficult in dealing with tech support.

However, to get rid of it, disable the IBM Predesktop area in the security section of the bios. That will make the service partition available as "free space". You'll need partition magic or something along those lines to add that space to your C drive, but you should see it in disk management at this point.

The reason your hard drive size seems funny sometimes is that hardware manufacturers use the definition 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Windows uses the definition 1GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes (2^30). So your 120G hard drive according to the manufacture has 120 * 1,000,000,000 bytes, but according to Windows will have 120 * 1,000,000,000 / 1,073,741,824 = 111.76GB. Or maybe it's the MB definition they use, I forget which, but that's the general idea.

[aki]

i don't think i call the tech if something went wrong, because it will cost me alots of money. i just format c: and begin from zero again.